What are the Rules of fire fighting and Regulations on fire fighting in Vietnam in 2024?
What are the Rules of fire fighting in Vietnam in 2024?
Regarding Rules of fire fighting, Rules of fire fighting include the following 4 steps:
- When a fire or explosion occurs, it is necessary to act urgently
- Turn off the circuit breaker immediately when there is a fire or explosion
- Use fire extinguisher, sand, and water to put out the fire
- Call 114 to the professional fire prevention and fighting team
Currently, Rules of fire fighting has the following form:
What are the Rules of fire fighting and Regulations on fire fighting in Vietnam in 2024?
What are the regulations on fire fighting in Vietnam?
To ensure the safety of human life and property and security order in the agency, there will usually be a table of Regulations on fire fighting accompanying the table of Rules of fire fighting.
Accordingly, Regulations on fire fighting accompanying Rules of fire fighting usually have 8 main contents as follows:
- Article 1: Fire prevention and fighting is the obligation of every citizen
- Article 2: Every citizen needs to actively prevent fires and explosions from occurring, and at the same time prepare forces and means to promptly fight fires when needed.
- Article 3: It is necessary to be cautious in using fire, heat sources, chemicals and toxic flammable and explosive substances, and comply with fire prevention and fighting regulations.
- Article 4: Prohibition of hooking up and arbitrary use of electricity. After working hours, you must turn off electrical equipment when not in use, pay attention to electric lights, electric fans, and electric stoves before leaving. Be careful not to place goods and supplies close to light bulbs or electric stoves. Strictly comply with technical regulations and safety in electricity use.
- Article 5: Supplies and goods must be neatly arranged, ensuring a safe distance in fire prevention and fighting, creating favorable conditions for protection, inspection and rescue when necessary. Do not use locks to open fuel tank lids or flammable solvents made of iron or steel.
- Article 6: When delivering and receiving goods, the vehicle must not start the engine in the warehouse, or in places containing a lot of flammable substances. When parking, the front of the vehicle must face outward.
- Article 7: Do not leave obstacles on walkways, especially at emergency exits
- Article 8: Any unit or individual with achievements in fire prevention and fighting will be rewarded. Those who violate the above regulations will be subject to penalties ranging from administrative disciplinary action to prosecution according to current law, depending on the severity of the responsibility.
Regulations on fire fighting have the following form:
What are the regulations on fire safety regulations, fire escape plans, fire prevention and fighting instruction signs, signage and prohibition signs in Vietnam?
Pursuant to the provisions in Article 5 of Circular 149/2020/TT-BCA as follows:
Fire safety regulations, fire escape plans, fire prevention and fighting instruction signs, signage and prohibition signs
1. Fire safety regulations must be appropriate to the operational characteristics of each facility and include the following basic contents: regulations on management and use of power, fire sources, heat sources, flammable substances, explosives, spark-generating equipment and heat-generating equipment; regulations on management and use of fire prevention and fighting equipment; prohibited acts per regulations of law on fire prevention and fighting; and actions to be taken during a fire or explosion incident.
2. Fire escape plans must show the escape route and location of firefighting equipment of each area and floor. Depending on the operational characteristics of each facility, the fire escape plan may be separated into different plans showing one or more than one of the abovementioned contents.
3. Fire prevention and fighting instruction signs, signage and prohibition signs include:
a) No fire signs, no smoking signs, signs prohibiting carry and use of matches, lighters, mobile phones, transceivers, and heat-generating, spark-generating or fire-generating equipment, objects and substances in places of manufacturing, storage and/or use of explosive materials, gas, oil, liquefied gas and flammable chemicals;
b) Fire/Explosion danger signs;
c) Fire prevention and fighting instruction signs, including escape route signs, fire exit signs; signs denoting locations of fire hydrants and fire fighting water containers.
4. Specifications and specimens of fire prevention and fighting instruction signs, signage and prohibition signs are provided for in National Standard TCVN 4879:1989 on Fire protection - Safety signs. In case where it is necessary to specify the validity period of a sign, a secondary sign shall be provided.
5. Fire safety regulations, fire escape plans and fire prevention and fighting instruction signs, signage and prohibition signs must be disseminated and placed at easily noticed locations for everyone to know and follow.
Thus, the implementation of fire safety regulations, fire escape plans, fire prevention and fighting instruction signs, signage and prohibition signs must comply with the above contents.
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